The match is now tied at 1-1. I am very happy to score the first goal of the Netherlands match. As a result, England's performance picked up the pace and we got a chance to enjoy an exciting match. If the Netherlands could not score quickly, maybe the England team would have played defensively.
In the 18th minute of the match, Harry Kane equalized by scoring from the penalty spot. The match is tied at 1-1 after 35 minutes. England team is trying to dominate the match. England players have 65% ball possession. And made a total of 5 shots so far. On the other hand, the Netherlands players made a total of 3 shots. I think this match will also end in a penalty shootout.
Southgate was surprised, instead of playing cautiously at the beginning of the match, England began to act quite actively and immediately conceded a goal, then the penalty was a little dubious, but the referee has VAR, and so we have 1:1. The Netherlands play the first half almost without the ball, it is also unexpected to see such a game from them, perhaps they are thinking about not conceding another goal, the main thing is that such excessive caution does not lead to another missed goal.
Ronald Koeman had to make something change in the second half and what happened in the first half was very risky and England continued to press them. A situation like that would be very dangerous for the Dutch goal if the attacks continued, so I'm sure England would immediately punish the Dutch.